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    @bananafishtoday: Edit timed out, so ETA: This is a reaction not to the article but to every fourth comment in this thread, so I'm sorry if it's only indirectly on-topic. I know desire to have sex != reproduction, and there are plenty of societal reasons the former may be low. But it's not because everyone in Japan is…

    I'm really sick of the "Japanese people are weird" bullshit. So let's look at birth rates in some other countries!

    @MollyGrue: Cleverbot is an asshole. :(

    @interpretedworld: Mashed potatoes/sweet potatoes? Only requires the soy milk and butter!

    "But when things started getting hot with Justin, suddenly she was wearing it less and less."

    @deeemer: 99% sure this is the classification system Susan B. is talking about.

    I don't have anything to add except to say that this article is spectacular. Bravo.

    @bananafishtoday: Oh, and since we're sharing war stories... the most ignorant customer I ever dealt with pulled a Godwin's Law in real life. He was trying to return a defective $20 phone for cash, but we could only offer store credit. We were bending over backwards to find the same/similar phones at other stores,…

    Jesus Christ, be polite, and if an employee insists they can't do anything, just ask to talk to a manager. Managers can break rules that employees can't. If you're genuinely nice but in a bind, the employee will usually want to help you but just isn't allowed to.

    In other news, European celebs don't really care that it's 11/1/11.

    @NRSander: Voice/data at the same time on ATT/Tmo works because their 2G (GSM) and 3G (UMTS/WCDMA) are different networks using different towers and bands. Calls go over 2G and you can use the netz at the same time with 3G. Verizon and Sprint's 3G speed is just due to network improvements on their normal network, so…

    Bullets: You dodged them.

    @hfree: It sounds more like the salvia inspired this plot.

    @overnightly: He's seeing what he wants to see. I'm sure the novel is all full of psychological ambiguity and intrigue like that.

    @lauras_lovely_lady_eyes: Same! But... the prankster in me really, really wants to add things to the list that are actually true, but obscure/vague enough to slip under the mods' radar.